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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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CAIKAL, n. A worm supposed to lodge in the intestine and produce a voracious appetite.Cai. 1907 D. B. Nicolson in County of Cai. 68:
A person of a voracious appetite has “an eatan caikal in his wame.”